Marko Hanželic
As the Chinese told the media, he is extremely happy to have been able to drive the first laps with the Alfa Romeo car, which bears the C42 designation this year. He says he is trying to make the most of every moment to prepare for his first season among the elite.
Guanyu-Zhou he remained in the garage on Wednesday when testing began as the two turned the steering wheel at the time Valtteri Bottas and backup driver Robert Kubica. He was born on Thursday afternoon Shanghai drove his first 71 laps with a Formula 1 race car and thus drove the length of the average race.
"It's nice to finally drive a Formula 1 car," he said Zhou and added: “The differences compared to the lower series and also to the Formula 1 race cars from previous seasons are really obvious. I am glad that I was able to drive a good number of laps in the first one and go through different programs. In this way, we were able to make up for something that did not go on Wednesday. "
“The new car is stiffer than its predecessors, but still bounces more than previous generations of cars, and 18-inch wheels also require some training, even though we have already used them in Formula 2. Nevertheless, I believe I will be able to quickly get used to Formula 1. , because nothing surprised me too much, ” he added Zhou.
